diff --git a/plugins/Debian.py b/plugins/Debian.py
index 8042a33b5..0900ad208 100644
--- a/plugins/Debian.py
+++ b/plugins/Debian.py
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ Add the module docstring here.  This will be used by the setup.py script.
 
 from baseplugin import *
 
+import re
 import gzip
 import popen2
 import random
 import os.path
 import urllib2
-import re, sre_constants
 from itertools import imap, ifilter
 
 import conf
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class Debian(callbacks.Privmsg, PeriodicFileDownloader):
         regexp = '^' + regexp
         try:
             r = re.compile(regexp, re.I)
-        except sre_constants.error, e:
+        except re.error, e:
             irc.error(msg, e)
             return
         if self.usePythonZegrep:
diff --git a/plugins/Topic.py b/plugins/Topic.py
index c0de92ca7..ac50a7195 100644
--- a/plugins/Topic.py
+++ b/plugins/Topic.py
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ from baseplugin import *
 
 import re
 import random
-import sre_constants
 
 import debug
 import utils
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ class Topic(callbacks.Privmsg):
             replacer = utils.perlReToReplacer(regexp)
         except ValueError, e:
             irc.error(msg, 'The regexp wasn\'t valid: %s' % e.args[0])
-        except sre_constants.error, e:
+        except re.error, e:
             irc.error(msg, debug.exnToString(e))
             return
         topics = irc.state.getTopic(channel).split(self.topicSeparator)
diff --git a/src/callbacks.py b/src/callbacks.py
index 69afff244..10eb2ab4f 100644
--- a/src/callbacks.py
+++ b/src/callbacks.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ import shlex
 import getopt
 import inspect
 import threading
-import sre_constants
 from cStringIO import StringIO
 
 import conf
@@ -337,6 +336,7 @@ class IrcObjectProxy:
             return self.irc.getRealIrc()
 
     def __getattr__(self, attr):
+        #return getattr(self.getRealIrc(), attr)
         return getattr(self.irc, attr)
 
 
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ class PrivmsgRegexp(Privmsg):
                 try:
                     r = re.compile(value.__doc__, self.flags)
                     self.res.append((r, value))
-                except sre_constants.error, e:
+                except re.error, e:
                     s = '%s.%s has an invalid regexp %s: %s' % \
                         (self.__class__.__name__, name,
                          value.__doc__, debug.exnToString(e))